---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating the utilities and transportation commission's regulatory fees."
description: "Updating the utilities and transportation commission's regulatory fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5634"
citation: "Washington SB 5634 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES", "UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carlyle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e511390b-dbc7-4f2a-a118-d5eb5f13e3e0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5634&year=2021"
source_hash: "f0db0bb994db71128103ae219792a0818348522ddcf623d3e85bcd0a24736138"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington SB 5634 (2021-2022) — Updating the utilities and transportation commission's regulatory fees.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5634.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **53–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carlyle — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 159, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-13T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM
- **2022-01-20T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-22T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e511390b-dbc7-4f2a-a118-d5eb5f13e3e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).